[Woolworths] Energizer Max Half Price 10pk AA $6.49 8pk AAA $6.74

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  jv on 19/06/2013 - 17:04

  +1

  $2 more and buy a pack of 30 alkalines at Bunnings…

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    superkieu on 19/06/2013 - 17:16

    +1

    True.
    There are plenty of generic brand out there at a much cheaper price.
    but that doesn't take away the value of this deal

    This deal is for people who are buying that specific brand of battery.

    Different people have different needs JV.

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  lonertic on 19/06/2013 - 17:12

  Are they also energizer max? Or cheap imports? I've had those cheap ones before and they don't last very long (one of the reasons why I'm out to buy batteries today)

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  opt on 19/06/2013 - 17:33

  • Philips Powerlife AA 12 pack is $6 at HN online store (but they were marked $5 in store last week)
  • Philips Powerlife AA 24 pack is $9
  • Philips Powerlife AAA 12 pack is $6 (again $5 in store)

  I bought a 1x AA 12 pack and a 1x AAA 12 pack for $10 last weekend, both had expiry dates in Aug 2017. According to Philips they have a shelf life of around 5 years, so those at HN are not too old either

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  cheepwun on 19/06/2013 - 18:07

  +3

  Wednesday 19th June 2013

  Dear Diary

  Another disposable battery deal was posted today on OzBargain. I still don't know why the public continue to buy these things.

  Today I checked Amazon.com. They seem to want $11.28 for a set of four eneloop AA batteries. These come pre-charged. They have low self-discharge, so they won't run out of juice if you don't use them for ages, as long as you keep them relatively cool.

  Then I saw another deal where they had a charger and four AA batteries. The cost was $18.15 for both. This is all in US dollars, so add a few cents more in Australian. All you require to run the charger here is a 50 cent US-to-AU travel adaptor sourced off ebay, since these chargers are world-voltage capable. Sure, you can get better chargers, but I don't think the guys buying disposables really care; you should be able to get hundreds of charges from the eneloops using the eneloop battery charger, easily.

  The batteries are Made In Japan and it's an extra bonus if you're buying stuff from Amazon already, since they shouldn't add too much to your postage. It doesn't take massive brainpower or too much cost to add the batteries or charger to your cart. For some reason that escapes me, people are still buying disposables in bulk packs…over and over…and over again.

  It strikes me as a complete waste of money & horrendous waste to dump single-use batteries in landfill. I still don't understand why they haven't moved to rechargeables.

  These disposables are a false economy.

  cheepwun

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    happyblah on 19/06/2013 - 18:47

    Rechargeables have a lower full voltage than disposables, I got sick of putting rechargeables into items, and them either not working or showing a low voltage lamp etc.

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      cheepwun on 19/06/2013 - 19:42

      Things not working has to be the very rare exception rather than the norm these days.

      Alkalines only maintain a higher voltage relatively fresh from the packet, it isn't maintained for very long and they lose it fast in high-current applications. Older Ni-MH rechargeables would self-discharge (lose their charge) if you left them unused too long (they would self discharge and the resulting voltage would be too low when relatively flat). That's all changed these days with low self-discharge batteries like eneloop.
      http://www.eneloop.info

      Ni-MH batteries like the eneloop batteries provide a more stable voltage throughout their use, with higher current capability (less internal resistance) than disposables like alkalines, so they can cope with high-current applications far better than alkalines (and I have yet to see one leak in a device). Camera flash units recover faster in high-current applications than alkalines do, for example (see the specs of any camera flash manufacturer, for instance).

      I'd be very surprised if something didn't work with modern rechargeables these days. At home I can't think of one example, and I use them for so many things (including headlamps).

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  ekin on 19/06/2013 - 18:58

  when its half price, its usually quite cheap

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    opt on 19/06/2013 - 19:29

    Not a huge saving… normal price of 12x AA Energizer Max battery pack at Bunnings and BigW is $9.90. But one at woolworths is a 10 pack, so you are only saving $1.76 (because 9.90/12 x 10 = $8.25). This is more like a 20% saving not half price..

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  safetest100 on 20/06/2013 - 03:56

  be aware rezap chargers will recharge alkalines cells when relatively new without leakage occuring. my mother used one for seven years til a cheap brand leaked (this cell was inserted by a friend and had been flat for over six months a bad combo).
  That aside on average she would get 50 or more recharges per cell aaa thru to 9v snaps. (be aware manuf. warn against recharging these type of cells. so use this info at your own risk)